Dicroloma armata Morris and Lycett 1851 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Alternative combination: Alaria armata

Belongs to Dicroloma according to Cox and Arkell 1950

See also Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Dicroloma cochleata, Dicroloma dumortieri, Dicroloma eudesii, Dicroloma nudispira, Dicroloma zelandica, Alaria jacobi, Alaria granulosa, Alaria fairbanksi, Alaria tumida, Pterocera (Alaria) rochatiana

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils) (Jurassic of Egypt)

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